Redundant and specific roles of individual MIR172 genes in plant development.
Evolutionarily conserved microRNAs (miRNAs) usually have high copy numbers in the genome. The redundant and specific roles of each member of a multimember miRNA gene family are poorly understood. Previous studies have shown that the miR156-SPL-miR172 axis constitutes a signaling cascade in regulatin...
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| author | Heng Lian Long Wang Ning Ma Chuan-Miao Zhou Lin Han Tian-Qi Zhang Jia-Wei Wang |
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| description | Evolutionarily conserved microRNAs (miRNAs) usually have high copy numbers in the genome. The redundant and specific roles of each member of a multimember miRNA gene family are poorly understood. Previous studies have shown that the miR156-SPL-miR172 axis constitutes a signaling cascade in regulating plant developmental transitions. Here, we report the feasibility and utility of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to investigate the functions of all 5 MIR172 family members in Arabidopsis. We show that an Arabidopsis plant devoid of miR172 is viable, although it displays pleiotropic morphological defects. MIR172 family members exhibit distinct expression pattern and exert functional specificity in regulating meristem size, trichome initiation, stem elongation, shoot branching, and floral competence. In particular, we find that the miR156-SPL-miR172 cascade is bifurcated into specific flowering responses by matching pairs of coexpressed SPL and MIR172 genes in different tissues. Our results thus highlight the spatiotemporal changes in gene expression that underlie evolutionary novelties of a miRNA gene family in nature. The expansion of MIR172 genes in the Arabidopsis genome provides molecular substrates for the integration of diverse floral inductive cues, which ensures that plants flower at the optimal time to maximize seed yields. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d130dc27f4d44fc951b8877b5498d752022-12-21T18:00:27ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Biology1544-91731545-78852021-02-01192e300104410.1371/journal.pbio.3001044Redundant and specific roles of individual MIR172 genes in plant development.Heng LianLong WangNing MaChuan-Miao ZhouLin HanTian-Qi ZhangJia-Wei WangEvolutionarily conserved microRNAs (miRNAs) usually have high copy numbers in the genome. The redundant and specific roles of each member of a multimember miRNA gene family are poorly understood. Previous studies have shown that the miR156-SPL-miR172 axis constitutes a signaling cascade in regulating plant developmental transitions. Here, we report the feasibility and utility of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to investigate the functions of all 5 MIR172 family members in Arabidopsis. We show that an Arabidopsis plant devoid of miR172 is viable, although it displays pleiotropic morphological defects. MIR172 family members exhibit distinct expression pattern and exert functional specificity in regulating meristem size, trichome initiation, stem elongation, shoot branching, and floral competence. In particular, we find that the miR156-SPL-miR172 cascade is bifurcated into specific flowering responses by matching pairs of coexpressed SPL and MIR172 genes in different tissues. Our results thus highlight the spatiotemporal changes in gene expression that underlie evolutionary novelties of a miRNA gene family in nature. The expansion of MIR172 genes in the Arabidopsis genome provides molecular substrates for the integration of diverse floral inductive cues, which ensures that plants flower at the optimal time to maximize seed yields.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001044 |
| spellingShingle | Heng Lian Long Wang Ning Ma Chuan-Miao Zhou Lin Han Tian-Qi Zhang Jia-Wei Wang Redundant and specific roles of individual MIR172 genes in plant development. PLoS Biology |
| title | Redundant and specific roles of individual MIR172 genes in plant development. |
| title_full | Redundant and specific roles of individual MIR172 genes in plant development. |
| title_fullStr | Redundant and specific roles of individual MIR172 genes in plant development. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Redundant and specific roles of individual MIR172 genes in plant development. |
| title_short | Redundant and specific roles of individual MIR172 genes in plant development. |
| title_sort | redundant and specific roles of individual mir172 genes in plant development |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001044 |
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